Director of Finance
New Brunswick Community College (NBCC)
Fredericton, NB | Moncton, NB | Saint John, NB | Woodstock, NB | St. Andrews, NB | Miramichi, NB
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Are you ready to make numbers dance while working in a finance family, have a knack for strategic thinking, a keen analytical mind, and a strong commitment to internal controls. If you're a financial wizard with a passion for spreadsheets, and a love for a fun supportive team environment, we've got a spot just for you!
New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) is committed to transforming lives and communities. The College is currently seeking a dynamic and competent individual for the position of Director of Finance. When you work at NBCC, you are a valued team member and a part of a community of leaders who are driven by learning excellence and social and economic development.
This is a Regular employment opportunity which can be located at any NBCC location.
As part of the Finance and Administration Division, and reporting to the Vice President of Finance and Administration, the Director of Finance will be an integral member of the Vice President's Finance and Administration Leadership Team as well as the College Leadership Team. This role serves as a strategic advisor to members of the senior executive team and supports the work of NBCC's Board of Governors while striving for excellent client service, stewardship, and accountability.
This role provides overall leadership to the Finance Team and will champion the integration of financial planning; policy, procedure and internal controls; accounting and financial reporting functions; and transactional services (such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement and payroll services) into decision-making by the College community.
As with all members of our College Leadership Team, you can expect as part of this role to have accountability for financial sustainability, human resource management, continuous improvement, business processes and practices; risk management; and policy management.
With a dispersed team, the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the finance team and travelling to all NBCC campuses.
- A professional accounting designation is a must have.
- Formalized education in Business Administration, Finance or any relevant field of study.
- Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel.
- Experience leading medium to large, geographically decentralized teams through transformational change.
- Ability to build and maintain partnerships and relationships based on transparency, trust and cooperation with which to achieve desired outcomes.
- Experience providing strategic financial leadership to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of organization-wide plans.
- Experience facilitating the consultative development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of departmental operational plan(s).
- Desire to champion and monitor compliance of applicable legislation, regulation, and best practices.
- Candidates must possess a valid Driver's License as travel will be required.
It would be a bonus if you have the following experience:
- Experience working with Board of Governors/Directors and related committees is considered an asset.
- Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning systems (e.g., ORACLE FUSION; PeopleSoft Student Information Management System) is considered an asset.
Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet these qualifications on their resumes.
Other combinations of education and experience may be considered as equivalent. Subject to competition response, the minimum qualifications may be raised.
- Become part of a culture that is focused on nurturing a sense of belonging for all employees.
- Enjoy comprehensive Total Rewards programming including enrollment in the New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan, extensive wellness and wellbeing programs, and volunteer leave days.
- Many opportunities for both formal and informal professional development and training.
- Tuition Reimbursement Programs (Employee: Tuition Reimbursement Program AND Family: Tuition Reduction Benefit - Spouse and Children).
- A salary range of $103,844.00 to $116,948.00 annual salary.
All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada at the time of application. This competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same level.
The New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) is committed to being flexible in its operations and to the wellbeing of its employees. This includes considering reasonable requests for alternative work arrangements, when feasible, to meet the changing needs of the College and its students. In order to ensure our student needs are met, flexible work arrangements cannot extend beyond the New Brunswick border. NBCC employees must be living in a location that is a reasonable distance from one of our seven work locations around the Province.
We promote an equal opportunity work environment.
All interested candidates are invited to submit a detailed application, with a resume, online by November 2, 2023. All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.
